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 STATUTORY' REQUIREMENTS FOR SCHEDULING
 The Act provides-(-21 UoS.C_ § 812(b)) that- a drug or o{her substance may
 not be placed _n any schedule unless Certain s#ecified findings are.made with
 ,respect to it.. The findings. required for Schedule [ and Schedule II are as
 fol 1 ows: "
 Schedule I. -
 (A) The drug or other substance has a high potential
 for abuse.
 (B) The drug or other substance has no currently accepted
 medical use in treatment in the United States°
 (C) There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the
 drug or other substance under medical supervision_
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 (A) The drug or other substance has a high potential for
 abuse.
 (g)-The drug or other substance has a currently accepted
 medical use in treatment in the United States or a currently
 accepted medical use with severe, restrictions.
 (C) Abuse of the drug or other substances [sic] may lead to
 severe psychological or physical dependence°
 As noted above the parties have stipulated, for the purpose of this pro-
 ceeding, that marijuana has a high potential for abuse and that abuse of it may
 lead to severe psychological or physical dependence. Thus _he dispute between
 the two sides in this proceeding is narrowed to whether or not marijuana has a
 currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, and whether or
 not there is a lack of accepted safety for use of marijuana under medical super-
 vision.
 The-issues as framed here _contemplate marijuana's being placed only in